To search for an instance:

  1. Select Edit > Find Instance in your console. The Find Instance dialog box displays.

  2. Fill in the fields, as described below. The fields are:

    • Manager lists the Managers to search. Select one.

      • Classes is a list of classes to search. You must select one or more classes. (To select multiple classes, press the Ctrl or Shift key while making your selections.)

      • Instance name is the instance you want to find. You can specify a complete name, a partial name with wildcard characters, or the asterisk (*) wildcard if the name is unknown and you wish to search for all instances. Appendix A, “Wildcard Patterns,” includes a list of wildcards.

  3. Click Find to start the search. The results display in a table.

    The Find Instance dialog box limits the number of "matches" that display. If more than the limit number of matches is returned, a message displays asking you to refine your search.

    The maximum number of instances that can display defaults to 1000 unless you configure the -Dcom.smarts.maxTopoInstances parameter to display more than 1000. The -Dcom.smarts.maxTopoInstances parameter limits the number of instances that are displayed in a topology tree. A new parameter, -Dcom.smarts.maxFindInstances, when configured, can override the -Dcom.smarts.maxTopoInstances parameter, for example, you can configure the value of the maxTopoInstances parameter to be a value of 3000 and the value for the maxFindInstances parameter to be a value of 500.

    Note:

    The value for the FindInstances parameter is not the number of instances searched, but the number of matches to be displayed. If the maxTopoInstances parameter is configured with a value of 100, the FindInstances parameter can still return matches for a class with 150,000 instances, provided there are less than 100 "matches" for the search string among the 150,000 instances.